Learning From The Long Dead

Can you tell what kind of dinosaur this is a fossil of?

Topic

Fossil hunting

Why It Matters

Fossils, fossils everywhere and I can't find a one!

Most everyone has heard of fossils, those remnants of organisms from a bygone time, and some people know how rare it is that any organism that lived will be fossilized. Think about it, if all the animals that ever lived were fossilized, we'd be hip deep in fossils, and we aren't. We know fossilization is rare but people certainly find fossils, so how do they do it? You can find some practical advice in this video if you want to go out hunting for you own fossils! Remember some of the greatest fossil finds have been made by "amateurs".